Re: upgrade to Sarge stopped nic
--- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> Rick Weinbender wrote:
>
> >I did an apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade.
> >The update finished and I was getting internet
> >connectivity until I rebooted the machine.
> >Now the link light on the hub won't even light up.
> >Or rather, it lights up initially, then at some
> point
> >during bootup it goes off.
> >
> >
> What's the result of the following?
>
> lspci
> uname -a
> lsmod
> /etc/init.d/networking restart
>
> What's the contents of "/etc/network/interfaces"?
> Did the upgrade complete successfully? What happens
> if you run "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" again?
>
> --
> Kent
>
**************
Kent,
Here's the results of those commands.
lspci
*
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598
[Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 47)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus
Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI
USB (rev 02)
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B
ACPI (rev 10)
00:11.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident
Microsystems TGUI 9660/968x/968x (rev d3)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor
Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
*********************************************************
uname -a
*
Linux mail 2.2.20-idepci #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST
2002 i586 GNU/Linux
*********************************************************
lsmod
*
Module Size Used by
af_packet 6136 0 (unused)
*********************************************************
/etc/init.d/networking restart
*
Reconfiguring network interfaces:
ifdown: failed to open statefile
/etc/network/run/ifstate: no such file or directory
ifup: failed to open statefile
/etc/network/run/ifstate: no such file or directory
done
*********************************************************
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for
ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created
during the Debian installation
# (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.5
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.254
**
The upgrade did complete and the machine boots.
I had never changed my /etc/apt/sources.lst
*
I will change my sources.list and try the dist-upgrade
again.
Thanks,
-Rick
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